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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What clan does the Little Fire God belong to?
(a) Wolf Clan.
(b) Badger Clan.
(c) Eagle Clan.
(d) Antelope Clan.

2. What is taboo in the eight days leading to Shalako?
(a) Anger.
(b) Eating before sundown.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Associating with non-Zuni people.

3. What is Jason's Fleece, as used in Dance Hall of the Dead?
(a) A store on the reservation.
(b) A legend.
(c) An anthropological discovery.
(d) A place where the hippies live.

4. Who was Nashibitti?
(a) A great singer.
(b) Ernesto Cata's grandfather.
(c) Leaphorn's grandmother.
(d) A mythological spirit of the Zuni.

5. In Chapter 2, what road does Leaphorn take from Shiprock to Zuni?
(a) N.M. 53.
(b) The name of the road isn't mentioned.
(c) Interstate 40.
(d) S.H. 52.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Leaphorn makes the observation that days that begin badly end badly. What happens to make him think this?

2. What does "dinee" mean?

3. Where is Leaphorn at 7:22 a.m. on December 2?

4. According to Cecil, why is a kachina after his brother and Ernesto?

5. How many people originally settled the commune?

(see the answer key)

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